r/XboxSeriesX • u/Asleep-Sprinkles-760 • Apr 20 '24

This generation has been underwhelming Discussion

I bought a Series X at launch, and can’t think of a single game that has impressed me this gen. I’m a big Halo fan, and Halo Infinite felt like a letdown. I’m a Forza fan, and Forza Motorsport felt like a massive disappointment. I was exited for Starfield, but was underwhelmed after playing it.

It just feels like we’ve had no heavy hitters this gen, even 3rd party AAA games have been average at best. I guess the only hope I have left is with Gears 6, but aside from that, Microsoft needs to get their act together and start releasing some new games. It feels like games are taking way too long to make these days, we used to get bangers every year in the 360 gen. Even the Xbox One had more compelling games than what we have now

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u/dethrock Apr 21 '24

I agree with you. But honestly other when it comes to the actual console, there's very little difference between the Series X and my old One X.

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u/BudWisenheimer Apr 21 '24

But honestly other when it comes to the actual console, there's very little difference between the Series X and my old One X.

GamePass is probably the biggest factor making those two consoles vastly different from each other in my case. There are so many different games I want to hop around with throughout the week (partly just squeezing in a couple minutes for a Microsoft Rewards quest, but mostly just trying so many things from such a huge library), that having ~8 games in Quick Resume on Series X made my Scorpio (great little console otherwise) completely obsolete. It’s a literal game-changer, and now I can’t imagine having GamePass without it.

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u/A_Minimal_Infinity Apr 21 '24

Tried Brotato for the achievements on rewards. Hooked on that. Apparently I never finished Rise of the Tomb Raider, so I’ve been playing that again too.

Love game pass and quick resume.

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u/BudWisenheimer Apr 21 '24

Absolutely. Brotato is currently pinned in my QR. I did the same with Vampire Survivors … so generous with the Achievements. I’ll add TR to the mix. I loved the originals in the 90s, but I haven’t played the newer trilogy yet.